I have been blessed to have met many wonderful people throughout my life. I am even more blessed to be able to call some of those people friends. And while I have loved all of my friends, those who hold the most special places in my heart are my female friends. I know some of the most amazing women and I am indeed lucky to call some my friends. These women are smart, funny, loyal and fiercely protective. They have shown time and again that they would go to battle for me and I love how each of them are willing to go after anyone who has hurt me. I am humbled and grateful for that level of love and caring. And I know I would do the same for any of them. These friends are a source of strength, a source of comfort, and always the ones who can "talk me back from the ledge."
What saddens me is when I see women around me who are so competitive with each other that they don't know how wonderful these friendships can be. They're all fighting to be the prettiest and the one who gets all the attention that they see more benefit from keeping someone down rather than trying to lift her up. I wish I could say I only see it in younger women, but I do still see it in women my age. Not as much, but still enough to be disheartening. And the thing is, when we women work together, we are a force with which to be reckoned.
Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
Socrates
